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Object used to achieve a goal
A tool is an object that can extend an individual's ability to modify features of the surrounding environment or help them accomplish a particular task
Tool
Topics referred to by the same term
refer to: Magical tools in Wicca, a set of tools used in Wiccan practices Tool (band), an American metal band Tool, Texas, a US city TOOL, the proprietary
Tool_(disambiguation)
American rock band
Tool is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1990. The group consists of vocalist Maynard James Keenan, guitarist Adam Jones, drummer Danny Carey
Tool_(band)
Microsoft Windows screenshot utility
Snipping Tool is a Microsoft Windows screenshot and screencast utility included in Windows Vista and later. It can take still screenshots or record videos
Snipping_Tool
Stone tools have been used throughout human history but are most closely associated with prehistoric cultures and in particular those of the Stone Age
Stone_tool
Computer program used to develop another program
A programming tool or software development tool is a computer program that is used to develop another computer program, usually by helping the developer
Programming_tool
Band discography
rock band Tool consists of five studio albums, one box set, two extended plays, four video albums, sixteen singles and eight music videos. Tool was founded
Tool_discography
Japanese farming implement and weapon
The kama (鎌 or かま) is a traditional Japanese farming implement similar to a sickle or billhook used for reaping crops and also employed as a weapon. It
Kama_(tool)
Power tool manufacturer
manufactures, and markets power tools, hand tools, tool accessories, tool storage, and personal protective equipment. Milwaukee Tool was last sold in 2005 for
Milwaukee_Tool
Digging tool
An entrenching tool (UK), intrenching tool (US), E-tool, or trenching tool is a digging tool used by military forces for a variety of military purposes
Entrenching_tool
Class of machinist in manufacturing
Tool and die makers are highly skilled crafters working in the manufacturing industries. Tool and die makers work primarily in toolroom environments—sometimes
Tool_and_die_maker
Custom-made tool used to control the location or motion of another tool
A jig is a type of custom-made tool used to control the location or motion of parts or other tools. A jig's primary purpose is to provide repeatability
Jig_(tool)
Tool that uses an additional power source
A power tool is a tool that is actuated by an additional power source and mechanism other than the solely manual labor used with hand tools. The most
Power_tool
Hand tool for firefighting
The Pulaski—also known as the fire axe—is a specialty hand tool used in fighting fires, particularly wildfires, which combines an axe and an adze in one
Pulaski_(tool)
Tool made for gardening and landscaping
agriculture and horticulture. Garden tools can be divided into hand tools and power tools. Today's garden tools originated with the earliest agricultural
Garden_tool
Open source software suite by Google
Google OR-Tools is a free and open-source software suite developed by Google for solving linear programming (LP), mixed integer programming (MIP), constraint
OR-Tools
Agricultural tool
A hoe is an ancient and versatile agricultural and horticultural hand tool used to shape soil, remove weeds, clear soil, and harvest root crops. Shaping
Hoe_(tool)
Data analytics transformation tool
Data build tool (dbt) is an open-source command line tool that helps analysts and engineers transform data in their warehouse more effectively. It started
Data_build_tool
Oil drilling occupation
A tool pusher (sometimes toolpusher, pusher, or The Push) is an occupation within the oil drilling industry. On a land drilling rig the tool pusher may
Tool_pusher
Although an antique tool might be said to be one that is more than a hundred years old, the term is often used to describe any old tool of quality that might
Antique_tool
Materials well-suited to be made into tools
Tool steel is any of various carbon steels and alloy steels that are particularly well-suited to be made into tools and tooling, including cutting tools
Tool_steel
1993 studio album by Tool
Undertow is the debut studio album by the American rock band Tool, released on April 6, 1993, by Zoo Entertainment. Produced by the band and Sylvia Massy
Undertow_(Tool_album)
Agricultural tool
(agricultural tool) Harrower (surname) Jean-Martin Fortier. "The rotary power harrow" Archived 2015-02-14 at the Wayback Machine, FarmStart Tool Shed, February
Harrow_(tool)
Machine for handling or machining metal or other rigid materials
other forms of deformations. Machine tools employ some sort of tool that does the cutting or shaping. All machine tools have some means of constraining the
Machine_tool
Tool equipment powered manually
hand tool is any tool that is powered by hand rather than a motor. Categories of hand tools include wrenches, pliers, cutters, files, striking tools, struck
Hand_tool
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up tooling in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tooling may refer to: Machine tools and the tooling, such as cutting tools, fixtures, and accessories
Tooling
Hand tool
A gimlet is a hand tool for drilling small holes, mainly in wood, without splitting. It was defined in Joseph Gwilt's Architecture (1859) as "a piece of
Gimlet_(tool)
Index of articles associated with the same name
Tool Academy is a reality TV franchise. It may refer to: Tool Academy (American TV series) Tool Academy (British TV series) This set index article includes
Tool_Academy
Type of saw
introduced in 1947 by Scintilla AG (later acquired by Bosch). A jigsaw power tool is made up of an electric motor and a reciprocating saw blade. Jigsaws with
Jigsaw_(tool)
Software
ExifTool is a free and open source software program for reading, writing, and manipulating image, audio, video, and PDF metadata. As such, ExifTool classes
ExifTool
American professional tool distributor
Matco Tools, Inc. is an American professional tool distribution franchise for the automotive and other industries and is based in Stow, Ohio, United States
Matco_Tools
Topics referred to by the same term
Omni-tool may refer to: Omnitool, a lock-picking tool in the Artemis Fowl series Omni-tool, a holographic interface device in Mass Effect OmniTool, a keycard/scanning
Omni-tool
Hand tool combining several individual functions
A multi-tool (or multitool) is a hand tool that combines several individual functions in a single unit. The smallest are credit-card or key sized units
Multi-tool
Kitchen tool
A peel is a tool used by bakers to slide loaves of bread, pizzas, pastries, and other baked goods into and out of an oven. It is usually made of wood,
Peel_(tool)
CIP-Tool (Communicating Interacting Processes) is a software tool for the modelling and implementation of event-driven applications. It is especially
CIP-Tool
Prehistoric tool
thin, prehistoric, stone or bronze tool similar to an adze, hoe, or ax. A shoe-last celt was a polished stone tool used during the early European Neolithic
Celt_(tool)
Book by Ivan Illich
Tools for Conviviality is a 1973 book by Ivan Illich exploring the history of technology and tools. Illich proposes the idea of a 'convivial tool', one
Tools_for_Conviviality
Line of tools, lawn and garden equipment, and work wear
Craftsman is a line of tools, lawn and garden equipment, and work wear. Originally a house brand established by Sears, the brand is now owned by Stanley
Craftsman_(tools)
Device used in physical therapy
A gyroscopic exercise tool is a specialized device used in physical therapy to improve wrist strength and promote the development of palm, wrist, forearm
Gyroscopic_exercise_tool
Device for forced entry through a door lock
tool (also known as an A-tool, rex tool, or lock puller) is a forcible entry device used by firefighters and other first responders. Officer's tools are
Officer's_tool
Tool used to remove fine amounts of material
A file is a tool used to remove fine amounts of material from a workpiece. It is common in woodworking, metalworking, and other similar trade and hobby
File_(tool)
Computer control of machine tools
the automated control of machine tools by a computer. It is an evolution of numerical control (NC), where machine tools are directly managed by data storage
Computer_numerical_control
Agricultural tool used for threshing
Flail A flail is an agricultural hand tool used for threshing, the process of separating grains from their husks. It can also be used for military purposes
Flail_(tool)
Tool created from bone
In archaeology, bone tools have been documented from the advent of Homo sapiens and are also known from Homo neanderthalensis contexts or even earlier
Bone_tool
American tool company
Proto Tools (formally Stanley Proto) is an American industrial hand tool company. Founded as Plomb, it is presently a division of Stanley Black & Decker
Proto_(tools)
American saw chain manufacturing company
Oregon Tool, Inc. is an American company that manufactures saw chain and other equipment for the forestry, agriculture, and construction industries. Based
Oregon_Tool
This is a list of manufacturers of hand tools, hand-held power tools and stationary machines. List of tools and equipment "Viking GmbH: a STIHL Group
List_of_tool_manufacturers
2006 studio album by Tool
Days is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Tool. The album was released by Tool Dissectional and Volcano Entertainment on April 28, 2006
10,000_Days_(Tool_album)
Rotary unit of a machine tool
In machine tools, a spindle is a rotating axis of the machine, which often has a shaft at its center. The shaft itself is called a spindle, but also,
Spindle_(tool)
Tool used by emergency rescue personnel to assist vehicle extrication of crash victims
Hydraulic rescue tools, also known as jaws of life, are used by emergency rescue personnel to assist in the extrication of victims involved in a traffic
Hydraulic_rescue_tool
Tools for hydraulic and other presses
the tool, such as blanking, piercing, bending, forming, forging, trimming etc. The press tool will also be specified as a blanking tool, piercing tool, bending
Types_of_press_tools
Cutting tool with diamond grains
A diamond tool is a cutting tool with diamond grains fixed on the functional parts of the tool via a bonding material or another method. As diamond is
Diamond_tool
Tool for working with wood
tool for shaping wood using muscle power to force the cutting iron (blade) over the wood surface. Some rotary power planers are motorized power tools
Plane_(tool)
Video game technique
A tool-assisted speedrun or tool-assisted superplay (TAS; /tæs/) is generally defined as a video game playthrough or speedrun composed of precise inputs
Tool-assisted_speedrun
Cleaning tool made of porous material
Greeks and Romans also used sea sponges tied to sticks for anal hygiene, a tool known as the xylospongium, and washed them with sea water. In the New Testament
Sponge_(tool)
1982 The Far Side cartoon
"Cow tools" is a cartoon from The Far Side by American cartoonist Gary Larson, published on October 28, 1982. It depicts a cow standing behind a table
Cow_tools
Power tool which works by oscillation
An oscillating multi-tool or oscillating saw is a multitool and power tool that oscillates (rather than rotating or reciprocating), powered by battery
Oscillating_multi-tool
Digital audio workstation
Pro Tools is a digital audio workstation (DAW) developed and released by Avid Technology (formerly Digidesign) for Microsoft Windows and macOS. It is
Pro_Tools
The term bicycle tools typically refers to specialty tools used on bicycles, as opposed to general purpose mechanical tools. such as spanners and hex wrenches
Bicycle_tools
Handheld power tool
A die grinder or rotary tool is a handheld power tool and multitool used for grinding, sanding, honing, polishing, or machining material (typically metal
Rotary_tool
Tool driven by compressed air supplied by an air compressor
A pneumatic tool, air tool, air-powered tool or pneumatic-powered tool is a type of power tool, driven by compressed air supplied by an air compressor
Pneumatic_tool
Agricultural tool used for moving soil
Larger tools (or lawnmower attachments) are more often used for large areas of de-thatching or soil preparation. A concrete rake is a heavy-duty tool with
Rake_(tool)
Hardened tool used to cut material from the workpiece
cutting tool or cutter is typically a hardened metal tool that is used to cut, shape, and remove material from a workpiece by means of machining tools as well
Cutting_tool_(machining)
Large sieve
harvested vegetables.[citation needed] Garden tool Riddle drum Wikimedia Commons has media related to Riddle (tool). https://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=riddle
Riddle_(tool)
Part of a CNC machine which changes and stores the tool bits
machining, an automatic tool changer (ATC) is used in computerized numerical control (CNC) machine tools to improve the production and tool carrying capacity
Automatic_tool_changer
American professional tools manufacturer
Mac Tools line consists of 9,082 tools, including screwdrivers, ratchets, wrenches, and assorted air tools. Mac Tools also makes its own line of tool storage
Mac_Tools
Travers Tool Co., Inc. is an American privately held distributor of metalworking tools and industrial supplies, headquartered in Flushing, Queens, New
Travers_Tool
Low-profile tool
A creeper is a low-profile tool used to help a person more easily slide in and out of confined spaces, such as the underside of a car, for performing inspection
Creeper_(tool)
Type of hand drill
A brace is a hand tool used with a bit (drill bit or auger) to drill holes, usually in wood. Pressure is applied to the top while the handle is rotated
Brace_(tool)
German tool manufacturer
Wera Tools is the name for tool manufacturer Wera Werkzeuge GmbH with headquarters in Cronenberg (Wuppertal, Germany) and production in Bystřice nad Pernštejnem
Wera_Tools
Software to aid production of "help" systems
Authoring Tool or HAT is a software program used by technical writers to create online help systems. The basic functions of a Help Authoring Tool (HAT) can
Help_authoring_tool
American industrial tools company
Northern Tool + Equipment (commonly referred to as Northern Tool) is a manufacturer and retailer of light industrial equipment and do-it-yourself supplies
Northern_Tool
Lending library for tools
A tool library is an example of a library of things. Tool libraries allow patrons to check out or borrow tools, equipment and "how-to" instructional materials
Tool_library
A UML tool (Unified Modeling Language tool) is a software application that supports some or all of the notation and semantics associated with the Unified
UML_tool
American company
Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW) is an American Fortune 500 company that produces engineered fasteners and components, equipment and consumable systems,
Illinois_Tool_Works
Large chisel which is pushed rather than struck
(1985). The Antique Tool Collector's Guide to Value. El Cajon: Windmill Pub. Co. ISBN 0-933846-01-0. Hand Tools & Accessories Tools Used In Timber-frame
Slick_(tool)
Tool used to direct a stream of gas
A blowpipe is one of several tools used to direct streams of gases into any of several working media. If a stream or jet of air is directed through a
Blowpipe_(tool)
Graphical user interface element
long as the user hovers over the element or the text box provided by the tool. It is sometimes possible for the mouse to hover within the text box provided
Tooltip
Long-handled tool with a heated bulb
A loggerhead is a type of tool consisting of a ball or bulb (for example, of iron) which would be heated up attached to a long handle. Used to heat or
Loggerhead_(tool)
American sitcom
Family Tools is an American sitcom that ran on ABC from May 1 to July 10, 2013, and aired on Wednesdays at 8:30 pm ET. The series was created by Bobby
Family_Tools
Useful items carried on person every day
firearms, flashlights, lighters, car and home key rings, mobile phones, multi-tools, tissues, medications, and personal care items. The choice and priority/ranking
Everyday_carry
American supplier of hand tools and power tools
Apex Tool Group is an American supplier of hand tools and power tools founded in 2010. It was formed as a joint venture of Cooper Industries and Danaher
Apex_Tool_Group
tools in order to achieve a goal, such as acquiring food and water, grooming, combat, defence, communication, recreation, or construction. Some tool use
Tool_use_by_non-human_animals
Tool that helps people to collaborate
A collaboration tool helps people to collaborate. The purpose of a collaboration tool is to support a group of two or more individuals to accomplish a
Collaboration_tool
1987 science fiction novel by Joe Haldeman
Tool of the Trade is a 1987 science fiction/espionage novel by Joe Haldeman. In the waning years of the Cold War, Nicholas Foley, a Soviet sleeper agent
Tool_of_the_Trade
American distribution company
Techni-Tool, headquartered in Worcester, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia, is a distributor of equipment for electronic production, assembly and
Techni-Tool
1994 single by Tool
song by American rock band Tool. It was released as the second single from their debut studio album, Undertow (1993). Tool guitarist Adam Jones has stated
Sober_(Tool_song)
American tool and equipment retailer
Acme Electric Motor, Inc., often referred to as Acme Tools, is an American family-owned tool and equipment retail business with brick-and-mortar store
Acme_Tools
A machine-tool dynamometer is a multi-component dynamometer that is used to measure forces during the use of the machine tool. Empirical calculations
Machine-tool_dynamometer
Industrial tool company
Tool Group Corp., formerly Actuant Corporation is a company that was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. Enerpac Tool
Enerpac_Tool_Group
Prehistoric culture
The Arctic Small Tool tradition (ASTt) was a broad cultural entity that developed along the Alaska Peninsula, around Bristol Bay, and on the eastern shores
Arctic_Small_Tool_tradition
Defunct American drill bit manufacturer
Hughes Tool Company was an American manufacturer of drill bits. Founded in 1908, it was merged into Baker Hughes Incorporated in 1987. The company was
Hughes_Tool_Company
Line of power tools
Rockwell Tools is a line of power tools that is currently owned and distributed by Positec Tool Corporation, a China-based company with North American
Rockwell_Tools
2024 song by Sabrina Carpenter
"Sharpest Tool" is a song by the American singer Sabrina Carpenter from her sixth studio album, Short n' Sweet (2024). Carpenter wrote it with songwriter
Sharpest_Tool
Poker tools are a variety of software or web-based applications that allow the statistical analysis of poker players, games or tournaments. Poker hand
Poker_tools
CPN Tools is a tool for editing, simulating, and analyzing high-level Petri nets. It supports basic Petri nets plus timed Petri nets and colored Petri
CPN_Tools
Forcible entry tool used by firefighters
The claw tool (also known as the Hayward Claw Tool) is a forcible entry tool used by firefighters, made of steel, that has a hook on one end and a forked
Claw_tool
Small hand tool used by telecommunication and network technicians
A punch down tool, punchdown tool, IDC tool, or a Krone tool (named after the Krone LSA-PLUS connector), is a small hand tool used by telecommunication
Punch_down_tool
Astrodynamics computer program
Systems Tool Kit (formerly Satellite Tool Kit), usually referred to by its initials STK, is a multi-physics software application from Analytical Graphics
Systems_Tool_Kit
Instrument for killing fish or game
priest, game warden's priest, angler's priest, fish bat or persuader) is a tool for killing game or fish. The name "priest" comes from the notion of administering
Priest_(tool)
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German (also Häcker), Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
German (also Häcker), Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for a butcher, possibly also for a woodcutter, from an agent derivative of Middle High German hacken, Dutch hakken ‘to hack’, ‘to chop’. The Jewish surname may be from Yiddish heker ‘butcher’, holtsheker ‘woodcutter’ (German Holzhacker), or valdheker ‘lumberjack’, or from German Hacker ‘woodchopper’.English (chiefly Somerset) : from an agent derivative of Middle English hacken ‘to hack’, hence an occupational name for a woodcutter or, perhaps, a maker of hacks (hakkes), a word used in Middle English to denote a variety of agricultural tools such as mattocks and hoes.
Boy/Male
African, Australian, Kenyan
Wizards Tools; From Kikuyu
Boy/Male
Irish
Means “â€silentâ€â€ or “â€fierceâ€â€ and was probably used as a nickname for a “â€brave warrior.â€â€ Sometimes equated with Laurence, Lorcan is a name in its own right. One Lorcan was the grandfather ofBrian Boru, two kings of Leinster bore the name and St. Lorcan O’Tuathail, better known as St. Laurence O’Toole, was an influential bishop of Dublin and an important mediator between the Norman invaders and the Irish in the twelth century. The name is growing in popularity again in Ireland.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a player of a musical instrument (any musical instrument, not necessarily what is now known as an organ), from Middle English organ (Old French organe, Late Latin organum ‘device’, ‘(musical) instrument’, Greek organon ‘tool’, from ergein ‘to work or do’).English : from a rare medieval personal name, attested only in the Latinized forms Organus (masculine) and Organa (feminine). Its etymology is obscure; it may be a reworking of a Celtic name.French : habitational name from a place in the Hautes Pyrénées named Organ.
Girl/Female
Australian
A Garden Tool Used to Loosen Soil
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Tool to Project Arrow
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a hill with a sharp point, from Old English pīc ‘point’, ‘hill’, which was a relatively common place name element.English : metonymic occupational name for a pike fisherman or nickname for a predatory individual, from Middle English pike.English : metonymic occupational name for a user of a pointed tool for breaking up the earth, Middle English pike. Compare Pick.English : metonymic occupational name for a medieval foot soldier who used a pike, a weapon consisting of a sharp pointed metal end on a long pole, Middle English pic (Old French pique, of Germanic origin).English : nickname for a tall, thin person, from a transferred sense of one of the above.English : from a Germanic personal name (derived from the root ‘sharp’, ‘pointed’), found in Middle English and Old French as Pic.English : nickname from Old French pic ‘woodpecker’, Latin picus. Compare Pye and Speight.Irish : in the south, of English origin; in Ulster a variant Anglicization of Gaelic Mac Péice (see McPeake).Americanized spelling of German Peik, from Middle Low German pēk ‘sharp, pointed tool or weapon’. Compare 4 above or from a Germanic personal name (see 6 above).John Pike brought his family to Boston from England in 1635 and settled in Newbury, MA. His son Robert was a leading citizen and a vigorous defender of civil and religious liberty in colonial MA.
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : variant of Toole.English (mainly Norfolk) : from a pet form of the Middle English personal name Toll.
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : reduced form of O’Toole, an Americanized form of Ó Tuathail ‘descendant of Tuathal’.English : variant of Toll.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a small stream or an intermittent spring (Old English flÅd(e), from flÅwan ‘to flow’).Anglicized form of the Welsh personal name Llwyd (see Lloyd).Irish : translation of various names correctly or erroneously associated with Gaelic tuile ‘flood’ (see Toole).
Surname or Lastname
Dutch and German
Dutch and German : from Middle Dutch and Middle High German bicke ‘pickaxe’ or ‘chisel’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a stonemason or someone who made or worked with such tools.German : from a pet form of the personal name Burkhart.English : of uncertain origin, perhaps from the Old English personal name Bicca. Alternatively, Reaney suggests it may be from Middle English bike ‘nest of wild bees or wasps’ and hence a metonymic occupational name for a beekeeper. Compare Bicker.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : German or English spelling of eastern Yiddish bik, Polish byk, or Russian byk, all meaning ‘ox’ or ‘bull’. This may be a translation of Shor.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English, Old English box ‘box tree’ (Latin buxus), in any of a number of possible applications. It may have been a topographic name for someone who lived by a box thicket, a habitational name from one of the places called Box, in Gloucestershire, Hertfordshire, and Wiltshire, or a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked box wood, which is very hard and for this reason was used to make a variety of tools. In some cases it may even have been a nickname for a person with pale or yellow skin, for example as the result of jaundice, a reference to the color of box wood.
Boy/Male
Indian
Equipment; Tool
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Cradle
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly East Midlands), Dutch, and German
English (mainly East Midlands), Dutch, and German : from Middle English pi(c)k, Middle Dutch picke, Middle High German bicke ‘pick’, ‘pickaxe’, hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who made pickaxes or used them as an agricultural or excavating tool.North German : metonymic occupational name for a pitch-burner, from Low German pick ‘pitch’.English : possibly from Middle English pike ‘pike’ (the fish), applied as a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or seller of these fish, or as a descriptive nickname for someone thought to resemple a pike in some way.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : unexplained.
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TOOL
Girl/Female
Indian
Boy/Male
Irish Celtic
warrior.
Girl/Female
German
Defender; Industrious
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish
English and Irish : variant of Duffy.
Surname or Lastname
Dutch
Dutch : unexplained.English : apparently a metonymic occupational name either for a maker of roofing shingles or spoons, from Old English spÅn ‘chip’, ‘splinter’ (see also Spooner).Possibly an Anglicized or Americanized form of German Spohn (see Spahn).
Boy/Male
Hindu
Flame, Fire
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
To be of assistance respect
Male
Polish
Polish form of Greek Gabriēl, GABRJEL means "man of God" or "warrior of God."
Girl/Female
Tamil
Veedhasree | விதாஸà¯à®°à¯€
Male
Egyptian
, horns.
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n.
A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.
n.
Same as Tsetse. U () the twenty-first letter of the English alphabet, is a cursive form of the letter V, with which it was formerly used interchangeably, both letters being then used both as vowels and consonants. U and V are now, however, differentiated, U being used only as a vowel or semivowel, and V only as a consonant. The true primary vowel sound of U, in Anglo-Saxon, was the sound which it still retains in most of the languages of Europe, that of long oo, as in tool, and short oo, as in wood, answering to the French ou in tour. Etymologically U is most closely related to o, y (vowel), w, and v; as in two, duet, dyad, twice; top, tuft; sop, sup; auspice, aviary. See V, also O and Y.
n.
A person used as an instrument by another person; -- a word of reproach; as, men of intrigue have their tools, by whose agency they accomplish their purposes.
imp. & p. p.
of Tool
n.
The part of a tool-rest in which a cutting tool is clamped.
n.
A tool for making mortises.
n.
A boat for conveying provisions, tools, etc.; -- so called by Maine lumbermen.
n.
A kind of mattock, or ax; esp., a tool like a pickax, but having, instead of the points, flat terminations, one of which is parallel to the handle, the other perpendicular to it.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Tool
n.
A cart or carriage with two wheels, which accompanies troops or artillery, to convey the tools of pioneers, cartridges, and the like.
n.
Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various by means of a lathe and cutting tools.
v. t.
To shape, form, or finish with a tool.
n.
A tool applied to the top of the work, in distinction from a tool inserted in the anvil and on which the work is placed.
n.
An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by a craftsman or laborer at his work; an implement; as, the tools of a joiner, smith, shoe-maker, etc.; also, a cutter, chisel, or other part of an instrument or machine that dresses work.
n.
Alt. of Tool-stock
v. t.
To form in a lathe; to shape or fashion (anything) by applying a cutting tool to it while revolving; as, to turn the legs of stools or tables; to turn ivory or metal.
n.
Work performed with a tool.
n.
A machine for cutting or shaping materials; -- also called machine tool.
n.
A certain tool used by coopers.
n.
the part that supports a tool-post or a tool.